Breaking the Carbon Trap : Path to Achieving Sustainable Development through Rooftop Photovoltaics

Abstract

It is often argued that sustainability is a farce dream that good only on papers by particularly an unrealistic dream. Sustainability has often been a top of agenda of many top leaders at the UN who adopted the 17 goals for sustainable development .Many edicational institutions like MIT have also launched competitions to attract talent in he domain. However, the topic is too wide in acope for anybody to fathom a collaborated solution towards solving the problem arising due to modern living. Pollution , climate change , rising ocean levels , equitable living are so intertwined amongst themselves that it is almost impossible to solve, without understanding the basic premise of them .It is often realized through deliberations in the academic circles that energy crisis  often foundation for attaining 80% of the SDG goals.

An important contribution to  solving the energy crisis happens to tbe the renewable energy and a leader in the same happens to be solar energy . India is fortunate to be in goldilocks location by receieving solar irradiance  comparable to the elite group of countries in the equatorial region . As compared to Germany , Japan , India is also witnessing a resurgence in the GDP growth rate with 8.6% growth achieved in the last quarter. The GDP growth is projected to be furthered by the employment of large scale of photovoltaic cells and electric vehicle ecosystem. This paper delves into the hindrances faced by policy makers in attainment  independence from fossil based energy system.